Saturday, April 28, 2012

Clerk booked for Rs 2.50 crore fraud

Clerk booked for Rs 2.50 crore fraud

Clerk booked for Rs 2.50 crore fraud

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:56 PM PDT

Police here have booked a clerk, leading a lavish life by the dint of money he got by conning the government treasury to the tune of around Rs 2.50 crore by fraudulent withdrawals after forging cheques signed by additional deputy commissioners (ADCs) during their tenure in Kaithal.

Pak Talibanization threatens Wagah, says IAF chief

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:28 PM PDT

Anticipating a rapid Talibanization of Pakistan as the coalition forces are planning to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by 2013, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne on Saturday said the year ahead is going to be crucial for India.

Pak Talibanization threatens Wagah, says IAF chief

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:28 PM PDT

Anticipating a rapid Talibanization of Pakistan as the coalition forces are planning to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by 2013, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne on Saturday said the year ahead is going to be crucial for India.

Three states get new governors

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:15 PM PDT

The Centre on Saturday appointed former SPG (Special Protection Group) chie f B V Wanchoo as governor of Goa, and shifted Uttarakhand governor Margaret Alva to Rajasthan.

Three states get new governors

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:15 PM PDT

The Centre on Saturday appointed former SPG (Special Protection Group) chie f B V Wanchoo as governor of Goa, and shifted Uttarakhand governor Margaret Alva to Rajasthan.

Kerala probe into ship firing lawful: Centre

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:08 PM PDT

The Centre has told the Supreme Court that Kerala police were lawfully investigating into the fishermen's death allegedly caused by the shots fired by marines on board Italian merchant vessel Enrica Lexie and clarified that the ship's release was to be resolved between its owners and the state.

Former armymen, BEML staff fortified Ravi Rishi’s Tatra ring

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:03 PM PDT

Ravi Rishi, under investigation in the Tatra scam, had over the years employed a large number of former Army and BEML officers, who played a critical role in ensuring that the all-terrain truck contract ran smoothly for the past 25 years.

Let CBI probe Karnataka mining scam: SC panel

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:00 PM PDT

The Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court recommended a CBI probe into the export of illegally mined iron ore, involving Adani Enterprises Limited and other companies, on Saturday.

Let CBI probe Karnataka mining scam: SC panel

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 06:00 PM PDT

The Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court recommended a CBI probe into the export of illegally mined iron ore, involving Adani Enterprises Limited and other companies, on Saturday.

All-night revision for exam? Sleep on it

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:35 PM PDT

Staying up all night to revise your exam syllabus just one more time might not be a great idea after all. Far from brushing up your memory, it might lead you to forget most of what you learned.

60% of population in most states below poverty line

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:30 PM PDT

With almost all states showing more than 60% of populations below the monthly expenditure averages, the oft-repeated claim that 70% of India lives on less than $2 a day has a ring of truth in it. As yet there is nothing official about using monthly average expenditure as the poverty line and the government has said its calculations are based on the Tendulkar Committee formula.

‘No toll on unfinished NHs’

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:21 PM PDT

Private developers should not charge toll from commuters on under-construction six-lane national highways, Parliament's committee on estimates has said.

Ex-BJP chief gets 4 years in jail for ‘political graft’

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:18 PM PDT

Former BJP chief Bangaru Laxman was on Saturday sentenced to four years' imprisonment for having accepted Rs 1 lakh as bribe from a fake arms dealer who sought his help to bag an order from the defence ministry.

India slow in decision-making: Lakshmi Mittal

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 05:10 PM PDT

Billionaire Lakshmi N Mittal on Saturday said decision-making in India is slow but he would not complain of policy paralysis.

PM hints at rise in fuel prices, cites import bill

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:56 PM PDT

PM's remarks point to likely increases in fuel prices if he does bite the bullet, despite key allies opposing the "in principle" decision to deregulate diesel prices.

Govt study fixes poverty line at Rs 66 for cities and Rs 35 for villages

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:18 PM PDT

If monthly consumption spending is taken as the benchmark of what one needs to survive, the poverty line would be Rs 66.10 for urban & Rs 35.10 for rural areas.

New poverty line: Rs 66 for cities, Rs 35 for villages

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:18 PM PDT

If monthly consumption spending is taken as the benchmark of what an individual needs to survive, the poverty line would be Rs 66.10 for urban and Rs 35.10 for rural regions.

Sack tainted IAS officer, MP tells Centre

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:16 PM PDT

Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday recommended that the Centre sack tainted IAS officer Arvind Joshi from service after a series of probes against him following income tax raids that yielded cash of about Rs 3 crore and property worth about Rs 300 crore in possession of Joshi and his wife, also an IAS officer.

80% of medical colleges in south India: Azad

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday expressed concern over a dearth of medical professionals in north, central and northeastern India while blaming concentration of medical colleges in the country's southern and western regions for the "dismal state''.

‘Study traffic volume for toll period’

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 04:02 PM PDT

A senior government official said, "There had been demands to either reduce the toll charge during the construction period (of six-lane national highways) or suspend it completely." Besides, due to traffic congestions and frequent diversions, the total travel time also increases significantly.

Reliance Power gets govt reprieve on Sasan coal use

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:57 PM PDT

Anil Ambani's Reliance Power got a reprieve on Saturday as a ministerial panel under finance minister Pranab Mukherjee upheld a decision that allowed the company to use excess coal from Sasan power project's mines to fuel its Chitrangi generation plant.

Srinagar-Leh tunnel work to start in Aug

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:48 PM PDT

The work on two strategic all-weather tunnels on Srinagar-Leh highway — Zojila and Z Morh – will begin in August.

Overhaul of Mumbai crime branch soon

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:45 PM PDT

Maharashtra home minister R R Patil is set to overhaul the Mumbai crime branch after it was confirmed that police inspector Sanjay Shinde had direct links with gangster Vijay Palande, main accused in the murder of businessman from Delhi Arunkumar Tikku.

Collector’s guards’ kin forgotten

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:38 PM PDT

After Amjad Khan joined Chhattisgarh police in 2007, he painted a telling couplet on his motorcycle: "Shaheedon ki basti, Banti nahin sasti." It was a portent his family didn't recognize. While abducting Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon, Maoists killed his security guards — Khan, a resident of Nagari in Chhattisgarh's Dhamtari district, and Kishun Kujur of Yashpur — on April 21.

Mediators to meet Reds in jungle

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 03:29 PM PDT

One week after IAS officer Alex Paul Menon was abducted by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, the state government on Saturday took its first concrete step to resolve the crisis by sending in Maoist-nominated interlocutors to the forests of Dandakaranya — the so-called liberated zone of the rebels — to begin talks.
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